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PORTLAND, Maine

Dora Mills speaks to the importance of community health care in Bangor Daily News

Dora Mills, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, vice president for Clinical Affairs, was featured in the Bangor Daily News for her discussion on the importance of community health coalitions.

In her article, Mills reflects on the accessibility of community health care in Maine during the 1970s. She goes on to explain how local prevention efforts eventually evolved into the Healthy Maine Partnerships, a statewide network formed to address comprehensive health issues. Her article also shares recent research featured in the Journal of the American Medical Association showing the reduction in health care costs and hospitalization as a result of these significant efforts.

Her full article is available on the Bangor Daily News website.

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